VLADIMIR HOROWITZ - MASTER OF RACH 3 OPUS 30 [1909] - HD

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester No.3 in d-Moll op. 30 -
I. Allegro ma non tanto -
II. Intermezzo: Adagio -
III. Finale: Alla breve -

Vladimir Horowitz, Klavier -
New York Philharmonic Orchestra -
Zubin Metha, Leitung

Rachmaninoff's fatherly insights and advice regarding his own music were to prove invaluable to Horowitz. For Rachmaninoff, Horowitz was a champion of both his solo works and his Third Concerto, about which Rachmaninoff remarked publicly after the performance that "This is the way I always dreamed my concerto should be played, but I never expected to hear it that way on Earth."

In 1985, in the movie The Last Romantic, Horowitz said: "Rachmaninoff is a pianist. I played with him (Arturo Toscanini, who is also mentioned in the conversation), Rachmaninoff and we... [plays the beginning of 3rd piano concerto]. He was a wonderful pianist and a nice friend. He was my best friend! First of all he was composer, pianist and conductor. Three things at once and first class, all three, I think so.